Far Hills, NJ 07978 Frost Dates
Far Hills, NJ: when does the frost end?
Around 04/30 is the usual last spring frost, about 245 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 172 days after the last spring frost.
Zone 7a (0 to 5°F average annual minimum) comes from the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; the frost dates above are the 1991-2020 normal at the nearest reporting NOAA station for Far Hills, not a forecast for this year.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Far Hills's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/30 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/15 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/14 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Far Hills against the rest of the dataset
Far Hills's growing season runs about 172 days, ranking 28,407 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NJ, it ranks 878 of 906.
Learn more
Before leaning on 07978's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Far Hills can differ from the 07978 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 7a and Far Hills's frost date answer different questions.